IC 883
IC 883
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 883 as it looked roughly 322 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 4227Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5199Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5131Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4256Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4238Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5199Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5131Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4256Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4238Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).